The Center for Disease Control reported that roughly 63,600 people died from opioids in 2016. This number includes deaths from heroin use. That figure is higher than the number of fatalities in car accidents. The White House says the opioid crisis is a priority of the administration.

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The effect of 95 percent cuts to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, home of the ‘drug czar,” to drug treatment and drug court. Source: Politico (Charlie Turner).

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